A South Korean activist has died in Seoul in a protest against the US THAAD missile defence system being deployed in South Korea.
Cho Yeong-sam, 58, shouted: ‘THAAD must go, peace must stay’, before setting himself on fire with paint thinner on 20 September.
A coalition of activist groups said: ‘A person has died because THAAD was illegally deployed. This is government-initiated murder.’
Over 30 protesters (and six police officers) were injured at a demo against THAAD in the village of Soseong-ri on 7 September.